Sa Ra Mahesh comes to rescue of farmers; buys farm produce from his pocket
2 min readMysuru: Former minister and K R Nagar MLA Sa Ra Mahesh has come to the rescue of farmers in the same taluk.
Sa Ra Sneha Balaga, a social service wing of the MLA has been purchasing the farm produce to bail out the agrarian community which is in distress due to the outbreak of Coronavirus.
Following the lockdown implemented in the country, the farmers who had cultivated tomato, chilli, watermelon, ash gourd and other vegetables and fruits were in a fix due to slash in price and also lack of takers. Some had even started to plough the yield which can be converted into bio- fertiliser.
Learning about it, Sa Ra Sneha Balaga has started to buy farm produce as per the rate fixed at APMC and distributing them for free at Urban areas. This is helping those who have been preparing and distributing food to the needy.
The very gesture of the MLA has come in for appreciation from farmers, who are at least getting some nominal returns for their produce, which would have otherwise been rendered waste.
The fellow MLAs especially of JD(S) like K M Shivalinge Gowda of Arsikere and D C Gowrishankar of Tumakuru rural constituency have also announced to replicate the initiative to bail out farmers from trouble.
– Team Mysoorunews